A Travel Blog
Recently my husband took a short term job with Vermeer in Goes, Netherlands. This is a big adventure for us mid-western Americans! I have amended an old blog page I used a few years ago to keep friends and family updated about our life here. I will update periodically. Take care everyone! We miss you!
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Food Highlight
1/12/25 – We got this breakfast in Cologne, Germany when we were there, but it is a typical European breakfast. Breads, scrambled eggs, cheeses, very thin sliced dry ham, jam, hummus. It was all so yummy! There was tofu on the plate too, but I am not a fan of that. I do try it when it is in front of me, but I haven’t gotten used to it quite yet. 🙂
Kubuswoningen. Cube Houses in Rotterdam. We were able to tour one. Interesting way to live!
A Dutch Discovery
1/12/25
Rain Water Tanks
This discovery doesn’t affect me too much, but I find it very interesting.
A Dutch friend was telling me this week about a water tank under her house. I didn’t think too much of it at first, but as we talked, I realized it was a big rain water collection tank. Many houses that were built in the last 20 years or so have them. The rain water stays pretty clean in the tank, so the household uses the water for the washing machine and to flush the toilets. And any rain water collected in the tank is completely free. They don’t pay to wash their clothes or to flush (except for the electricity used of course). It rains a lot here in the Netherlands, so for the most part, the tank stays fairly full. During times of less rain when the tank runs dry, it automatically fills with city water. And that water the household gets billed for.
I found this an ingenious way to use a natural resource that comes often.
I have many pictures of people blocking my front door. I don’t know why I take them, but I thought I might as well share some. There is a “No Bikes” sign on the door but people still park their bikes across my front walk way. This man was pretty surprised when I opened the door behind him and scooted past.
Recent Weather
1/12/25 – We have been back about 1 week since Christmas break. The weather has been wonderful. Lots of sun, not much rain, and not terribly cold- about 5 degrees Celsius and 40 degrees Fahrenheit. I don’t know if this is typical but I sure love it!